The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-04
DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
"A oundcu BOy-Tw" Broken Bag
ntcs, and Il Crippled Horse
tie Results

MI mtCSs ana u siipp''u 'h"tN'
hi the Results.
n Whether Waco was the scene of
conyepti1n held by equine imps
III whether the animals
A.. ,lve- conclu led that yes
serd,y was one of their par
ticalsr day, to show just how much
Of Bre,e iarte's "pure cussedness'
try we're possessed of did not APP
speor but C rain At was the city was
/ n e scene of some wild pranks on the
b.. of several horses. which resulted
I.u some considerable damage and
NEAR, GUIDED the eXistance of a little
Hoy.
JOHNNIE STRONG WOUNDED.
Z The first Of this collection of acct
tdep,s WIS occ1sioued by the temerity
OF wee chap about two years old.
little johnnie Strong, son Of Mrs.
.feth strong, of Houston, who
with his mother is visiting his grand
kfathcr, ia ige Mcdonald, OF this city,
w. Yesterday morning dressed by his
In her and allowed to run about in
etc yard. In the meantime a ph"ton
Ma been hitched up and brought
ksrouud to the gate. Johnnie, evi
|dently in search Of ride, managed to
'cllmb into the vehicle and, it is sup
4po sed. got hold of the lines. AT any
fktc. tho horse began from some raa
5sou to act badly ana began kicking
ssfu clou,y. SEEING his danger, his
gmo ther eudeayored to reach the little
fellow, but tae horse il his plunges
hal gotten the pha on so close to the
Fgate as to prevent her exit.
n lust Al THIS JUNCrUKE,
Etto. he succeeded in getting loose and
EAsnlng down the street turned the
Etorner 50 close a. to hurl Tia phAeton
Nanin-t the corner Ct the curb, and
Etrow the little fellow completely out
Eot the buggy aud cut his h 'ad
+ badly. AT first it was thought that
f1lifc was eX met. but n phl .cian beng
IN, pronounced the wound as
being only OF a slight uature, Is it had
not ail4 cted the scalp. How the little
yellow escaped III IRE serious hurt is
hooked upon rs miracle by tho sc
Hvho witnessed hi> ftll. At late
Ehur yesterday eve ing he WIS
Testing easy and had grown { 'nsidcr
Eab.y over his fright and hurt. Mrs
Srong, his mother, is daughter of
bud! e Mcdonald aud a sister-in law
OF Mr. W. y. Grand. and is
here on visit to her relatives.
a GENERAL ,sMAsH-Ur,
Later, about O'clock. one OF the
Mac yned by, VI ssSrs. Grand
MAyas driven upin front OF the McClel
mand, and tbs driver threw out the
E%eight and went into the hotel. The
-Four horse omnibus of the hotel drove
ZIP y w minutes later, and passel
ger alighting drew few steps fur
Tier ON Mayor Stugis' fine hors
aud buggy were s'andin!
Eaetweeu the omnibus and the curl
Ehe hack team started It
I'M low the omnibus an,
lssed between it aud Mr.. Sturgis
Auggy. But alas; for the m scelcula
tlon OIL the animals thu hack wou't
pot pass through. This seemed tt
Hrouse their ire and they broke into
BIZ PUN OYerturning the buggy and dam
aging it considerably. This set May
fr Sturgls' horse to kicking, which
qua IN good old fashioned horse styl'
not only adding TO the damage of tn
Iggy, but soverely injuring himsel
The mean time the hack horses ha
EsuaShed down Austin street and turn
!hg INTO Fourth, ran into and q emo
l7Ied DR. Barker,' fine buggy. Shor
py after this act they were caught an
faelr gambols ceased. The dri
Yer OF the hack was srres
- but upon Mr.. GRAND
TOecomlng responsible for him he WI
Felessed. tits not thought he was
RSFault as he seems to have compli,
E"!th all the requirements of the CT
<ordiuauces.
A BROKEN LEG.
Iaese would have seemed to ha'
1oeen casualties enough for one da
& H., ~ The list WAS not to end with thei
men the cava!caje that was para
" the streets reached the publ
4uSre, the music frightened Ge
uah laTmT's team and they went
az thelr own sweet will a, if all t
ue'l'' IN hades lad been at their bsC
i.esc llng the corner of Bridge sire
suu the square they collided witt
Iolloh uoat, breaking the tongue a
saVihg the wagon behind. Res'
ms the bridge they did 1
,wal TO pay the requir
~ cents toll, but dashed out on
suspended structure, and beComi